1966 Valiant Signet Convertible Resto
Hey guys it has finally got some blue paint her. 70% of the car is blue. Forget everything I said about my painter............He is going above and beyond the call of duty :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:
After getting the car back to his shop he went right to work on wetsanding and perfecting every body panel. I finally realize how much effort and time that goes into making a darker metallic colored car just about perfect.
This is my first resto ever and I learn something every day. All of my bitching and moaning was me being a cry baby for not having my car back when I expected. Well sometimes things take longer due to personal life issues and then the rest comes down to doing a stellar job that your integrity is built upon. The lengths he is going to now gives me a new found respect for this guy and the friendship we have developed over the last year. This car has gone from cool cruiser to a complete ground up-every nut and bolt resto-mod without going onto an actual rotisserie. This is going to be one bitchin-assed car for sure when I done with it. Forget rushing it now. I've patiently planned everything out this far so no need to screw things up. I'll simmer down on the time issue.
The pictures are not the greatest right now but it was dark by the time I got off work and made it over to the shop. You get the general idea. This color will be amazing when finished with the clearcoat. Doors, fenders and hood are getting final prep. He assured me I would not have any match problems with his painting. He said he is very good with his paint mixing.
Dusty after just a tiny bit of wetsanding. The color is dark
This was after 2 minutes of wetsanding and then some spray bottle water to get an idea of what the clear and glaze will look like at night. WOWOWOOW
Undercoating and sub-frames. Awesome.
I picked up some other parts that I'm going to sandblast and give back to him to paint. So that will keep me busy this weekend while welding new offset spring perches on my 8 3/4 rear. Should get my Mancini order this week. And I may get some more stuff powder coated since it turned out so well.
Cheers,
Dave
Hey guys it has finally got some blue paint her. 70% of the car is blue. Forget everything I said about my painter............He is going above and beyond the call of duty :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:
After getting the car back to his shop he went right to work on wetsanding and perfecting every body panel. I finally realize how much effort and time that goes into making a darker metallic colored car just about perfect.
This is my first resto ever and I learn something every day. All of my bitching and moaning was me being a cry baby for not having my car back when I expected. Well sometimes things take longer due to personal life issues and then the rest comes down to doing a stellar job that your integrity is built upon. The lengths he is going to now gives me a new found respect for this guy and the friendship we have developed over the last year. This car has gone from cool cruiser to a complete ground up-every nut and bolt resto-mod without going onto an actual rotisserie. This is going to be one bitchin-assed car for sure when I done with it. Forget rushing it now. I've patiently planned everything out this far so no need to screw things up. I'll simmer down on the time issue.
The pictures are not the greatest right now but it was dark by the time I got off work and made it over to the shop. You get the general idea. This color will be amazing when finished with the clearcoat. Doors, fenders and hood are getting final prep. He assured me I would not have any match problems with his painting. He said he is very good with his paint mixing.
Dusty after just a tiny bit of wetsanding. The color is dark
This was after 2 minutes of wetsanding and then some spray bottle water to get an idea of what the clear and glaze will look like at night. WOWOWOOW
Undercoating and sub-frames. Awesome.
I picked up some other parts that I'm going to sandblast and give back to him to paint. So that will keep me busy this weekend while welding new offset spring perches on my 8 3/4 rear. Should get my Mancini order this week. And I may get some more stuff powder coated since it turned out so well.
Cheers,
Dave